marrë

See also: marr, märr, mearh, marre, marra, märra, and merr

Albanian

Etymology 1

See marr (“I take”).

Participle

márrë (masculine adjectival i marrë, feminine singular e marrë, masculine plural të marrë, feminine plural të márrë)

  1. present participle of marr, present participle of merrem
    giving, receiving
  2. past participle of marr, past participle of merrem
    taken, received

Noun

márrë n (plural márrët, definite të márrë, definite plural të márrët)

  1. giving, receiving
    Synonym: marrje f
    Antonym: dhënë f

Etymology 2

Literally ‘dim, murky’, from Proto-Albanian *marsa; akin to Proto-Slavic *morxŭ (“dusk, fog”). Cognate to marrtë.[1] See marrtë (“dim, murky, etc.”).

Adjective

i marrë (feminine plural të marra)

  1. crazy, mad, foolish
    Synonyms: çmendur, kokëkrisur
    Antonym: urtë
  2. stubborn
    Synonym: kokëfortë
  3. (figurative) rabid
    Synonym: tëbuar
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “marrë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 246

Further reading

  • “marrë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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